The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1887-11-04
NEWS Axp orHgR soTIAas.

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Golden front are found in but one place
IN the world that is in the brooks OF Mount
Whitney, up near the banks of everlasting
snow. They have a golden stripe down
each side. and are the most beautiful fishes
that swim.
"A Boston leather firm sold i 900 feet OF
grain leather to a manufacturer at l0lz
cents per foot. IL few days the bill was
returned TO them. with demand for cents
deduc ion for one quarter foot short meas
ure. They allowed It
A girl In = van Creek. Saginaw county.
Mich, stole SIS bill and IS gold piece
from the woman who employed her, and hid
il by wrapping 1t iu a bit of cloth and roll
irg it in her hair. When detected she swal
lowed the money. She has been arrested.
At the WatsonYiiIe Cal, fair were ex-
hibiied 10; OF six squeshes, the largest
weighing 2I0 pounds. and the lot $50 one
box $50 pounds) OF Belle Flower apples
containing only Is apples Is pears weigh
ing IS pounds; :wo quarts OF Strawberries
averaging from 3 TO iuches each berry. in
diameter; sugar beats weighing 80 pounds
each.
-FIank Kemp while out horseback riding
at Haz eion, LuZern couDty, on last Mon
day Was thrown head foremost to the ground
BY the horse cenG brought TO sudden stop,
and fractured his skull. The horse walked
short distance. then returned. looked at the
Z boy ns be lay on the ground in an uncou-
seious condition and quiYered until he was
removed. kemp's injuries are fatal.
The venerable doc" BIodRett, of
Sabetha, Kas., is one OF the few living Old
time hunters and pioneers. He Was burn
in 1893. in block house. where Cincinnati
now stands fought in the Indian wars in
Ohio; killed a panther where now stands
Columbus. o; speaks two Indian languages
fluently has used tobacco and whiskey
for over 80 years; is a great2randfather
ana looks aud acts ike man OF 90.
"A Russisn young lady has been con
dCmned 10 lifelong prison for marrying
sixteen husbands. She Is a curiosity, and
ought to have been left of. When her
lawyer ~ent to see her in prison after the
trial she ASSURED hiR OF her gratitude and
and asked nIm to accept as a souvenir a gold
watch and chain, which she placed on the
table before bin. He a once recognized it
as his Owa. She had picked his pocket and
I presented him with his own watch.
Few people In using peppermint or the
extract ever stop 10 think OF its origin.
| Wayne county y. Y, supplies pretty much
! all the peppermint oil that is used In the
United States. Miles upon mIIes OF the
land there are devoted TO the cultivation OF
peppermint. and the experienced traveller
always knows hs is nearing Wayne by the
dor bsf
Every farm has Its peppermint field, and no
/ part of the acreage Is more profitable.
in Wayne county. n. Y, two ladies are
making q spirited Canvass for the election
| 10 the office OF School Commissioner. Tney
1 are Miss Nellie l.. Cook, who 10 the regui ar
| Democratic candidate. and Miss Ella Clark,
who runs on the Prohibition ticket. Miss
! Cook has distributed several hundred OF her
! photographs. and is visiting every district
In the county. Miss Clark has delivered q
number of campaign speeches, which have
attracted great attention.
Captain Robert W. Anderson, an aged
! pedestrian OF Sumter, S. c.. who claims tc
have been 81 years old on the 4th OF july
last. arrived in Washington the other day
with his dog, engaged in a pedestrian triI
left Sumter last May and walked to Boston
and is now on his return home. lie went
over the same route, be says, in a wagon II
1872. and altogether. including the present
trip. has trsyersed the dlstrncs five times
He thinks the walking preserves his health
JAMES Houston, of Cane Hill, Ark
was awakened by a noise under his bed tht
other night. He lighted his lamp. and
look ing under, thought be saw a cat bu
when he pCked 1t with cane, big snaE'
came out and offered battle. He drove /
back under the bee. TOOK his wife 10
neighbor's for safety, and went back ant
killed the serpent with e pitchfork. l
measured II feet inches In length, ha,
stripes running diaRonally around his body
and had recently swallowed three younI
kittens.
The San Francisco Examiner SAYS III
steamship City of Sydney, which recent
arrived In that port. brought 5000. 600 sort
of Chinese girls TO repIenish the slave quar-
ters OF that city. Though such importation
Is against the Chinese restriction act, agains
the contract labor act and against The sti
older law prohibiting the immigration O
owners will find no serious difficulty i
landing their costly chstreIs. A few dollar
for witnesses something more for a lawYe
and $3.50 apiece for court fees will settl
the matter.
A dispatch fro N Jacksonville, Fla, rC
lates that James (. Hamilton. mail carrier
between Miami and Lake Worth, on th
South Atlantic coat, met with tsrrI5l
death on Tuesday OF last week. His rout
necessitstes his crossing HilIsooro Inlet
which he does In q row boat. While cross
Ing on Tuesday he was attacked by a mum
Der of sharks, and. although be fought theI
with his oars as long as possible, they (
nally capsiz-d bis boat snd literally de
; voured him alive. An ola fisherman wit
messed his terrible death. but was unabl
TO render him any assistance
, One of the most singular features In tn
scenery OF the territory OF Idaho Is the occur
renee OF dark, rocky chasms, into whic
) large streams and creeks suddenly disap
pear. and are never more seen. These hs
, sures. explains Golden Days, are old Law
channels produced by the outside of th
molten mass cooling and forming a tub.
; which. on the fiery stream becoming e1
hausted. has been left empty, while the roc
OF the lava Duct, having at some point faile
in, presents there the opening into whic
the river piunges and Is lost. At one p;ac
along the banks CT the Snake, one OF thes
, rivers reappears gushing from a cleft big